Amagi Brilliant Park's
V1 - Chapter 1 Part 1
CHAPTER 1: Typical Bad Dating Places
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Arrive sunday.
Amagi Station on the Toto Line is the meeting place with Sento Isuzu. As Seiya passed through the ticket gate, he saw a nearby police post and stopped in front of him, thinking of something. A middle-aged officer noticed it, and asked him: “There's a problem, son?”
“No...” Seiya shook his head. For a moment, imagine what would happen if he said what was on his mind to the officer:
This weird transfer student asked me out on a date under the threat of a musket shot! Yes sir, he has a musket. Yes, like a rifle in ‘The Three Musketeers.’ The weapon was also quite famous as the weapon of the current magical girl. Please, you have to catch him!
The officer will not take it seriously.
Not just officers. During these three days, Seiya was hesitant whether he should tell his teacher and uncle about what happened or not. Every time he told her, he came to a conclusion, and ended up saying nothing.
“.....?” The officer immediately looked at him sharply. Feeling awkward, Seiya distanced himself from the police post, walking in the opposite direction towards the small department store next door.
She checks her clothes on the mirror. Oh, ja. Look at you, handsome!
He wears a dark jacket and trousers, with an equally plain v-neck shirt, his clothes emphasizing that he is slender, with his muscles tightened. His hair was smooth and shiny to give the impression that only a little movement had occurred. He had long, thin eyebrows and eyes, and his face was held back at 45 degrees boasting his intelligence and purity.
Ahh, even I would fall in love with the person in the mirror! With my amazing performance, plus the best grades in school, it's no surprise that a transfer student I've never talked to asked me out…
…The problem is with the threat “If you refuse, I will kill you.” The girl... yes, she is one of those—type ‘yandere’ that I hear a lot! Her great love for me caused her to be emotionally destroyed. A woman with a bad mental state deserves more compassion than anything else…
(No, no, no.).
How could I have pityed him when he swung the rifle. If it's a fruit knife, a carving knife, an icebreaker—the kind of weapon that's in a low-grade thriller—maybe I can understand…
But come to think of it. Where did he get that weapon out of? He called me first with his bare hands, Seiya was aware. The rifle appeared out of nowhere when I asked, “What's up?” to him. Maybe that's the first thing I should ask…
“There you apparently.” Isuzu.
“Hngah?!” A sudden voice coming from behind Seiya let him out from his daydream.
Panicked, he turned around and prepared to face whatever was coming, but Sento Isuzu had reached the rendezvous point without a weapon.
It's great! And the best thing is, he didn't bring his musket!
“Come go.” Isuzu said, without further ado.
“Where?”
“AmaBuri.”
“Er?” Seiya confused.
“AmaBuri,” clear Isuzu, “Amagi Brilliant Park.”
Amagi Brilliant Park's. It was an old amusement park, about ten minutes from the station by bus.
“The bus stops at the second terminal. Follow me.” Isuzu walked away quickly, but he stopped him.
“Wait, Sento—”
“Stop stalling time.” Reprovedly.
“—wait a minute. Why are we going to that playground?”
“It's not a playground. The amusement park.”
“I don't care. Can't you tell me what's going on? Why do two people who barely know each other have to go to a suspicious playground together?” Seiya asked, his frustration increasing.
“Suspicious..?” In the blink of an eye, Isuzu had already taken out his musket from under his folded skirt, twisted it to exactly 260 degrees, and directed it to*********** Seiya.
A woman and her child near them stopped and pecked.
The child said, “Mama, the woman used ***********blue striped. It was very ordinary..” Which the woman replied, “Hus! Be an exemplary member of society and pretend you don't see it!”
Seiya is not in the right position to identify whether the child's statement is correct or not, but see it considers ****** ***** blue striped as ‘ is very ordinary’ makes Seiya afraid of what he will be when he grows up. But.no, no, don't think about it now…
Instead, Seiya spoke: “Why are you angry?”
“……”
“...There are many things I want to ask for an explanation from you,” he said, “including where you pulled out that strange weapon.”
“Ayo.”
It's neglected.
Isuzu keeps his musket, utilizing whatever laws of physics he cannot explain, which he uses to get it out.
Located in Amagi, a commuter town in the western part of Tokyo, the theme park may require a little explanation:
Amagi Brilliant Park's. Which fool gave that petty designation—”brilliant?” Amagi Brilliant Park (aka AmaBuri) was built in the 1980s, an amusement park (they insist on theme parks) standing in the middle of a wave of the biggest excess economic bubble.
The1980s. It was an era where naughty children had haircuts like the prow of a space battleship, idols with mushroom-like haircuts were very popular, and anime is filled with black-striped shadows and extreme character poses.
The reputation of AmaBuri is quite bad when compared to other world-class theme parks. The name of the people varies. Some call it, “A dubious legacy of the economic bubble.” Some call it, “Destroying relationship is sure for the couples who come to date there.” Some call it, “Religion that will confuse future archaeologists who happen to excavate Amagi City.” And among the youth in the western part of Tokyo, AmaBuri is known as “Typical a bad date spot.”
Seiya felt he had gone there with someone when he was a kid, but now when he was in High School, he barely remembers it.
They were on the bus for about five minutes. They had passed through the usual residential area and exited in a hilly area clad in green in early spring, and now a castle could be seen behind the trees. It was a beautiful castle, painted in pastel blue.
Waw. More impressive than I thought. He suspected the old amusement park would look ruined, but even the coloring had a nice and modern sensitivity. To his surprise, the place looked extraordinary.
The castle from a distance slowly approached.
“The next stop is Amagi Brilliant Park. Passengers who were down, please—” Seiya was just about to press the bell, when Sento Isuzu, sitting next to him, and tightly grasped his sleeves.
“What's up?”
“One more stop.” replied Isuzu.
“Huh? But we're going to Amagi Brilliant Park, right?” Seiya asked.
“Not that castle the front gate?”
“....tel.” Isuzu muttered something, but he could not hear it because of the noise of the bus engine.
“I can't hear you.”
“...hotel.”
“I said I can't hear you.”
With a deep sense of resignation, Isuzu finally moved closer to Seiya and whispered into his ear. “It was a love hotel. It has nothing to do with the amusement park.”
“Be...So.” he stuttered.
As they approached, a large sign next to the castle appeared; it read ‘Hotel Alamo.’ In addition there is a clear electrical sign proclaiming ‘rooms available.”
…lamo? That's ridiculous! thought Seiya. The Alamo is not a castle but a fortress. And it was also not baroque in structure; it was defensive in structure, specialized during clashes between the Republic of Texas and the Mexican army. It was a place of smoky blood and gunpowder, not just a fairy tale castle where the victim of domestic violence foolishly lost her glass shoes!
Uh, totally misleading. And that forced him to think things that were not necessarily thought out. You better do something good for me, you fucking castle!
But Seiya managed to hold back his various covert desires, and completely calmly said: “It sucks. Why don't they change the name of the stop?”
“Taman has already petitioned for a replacement to Amagi City several times, but it has always been postponed for various reasons,” replied Isuzu. “Many guests accidentally get off here and are forced to walk to the next station.”
“Tuest?”
“Partners of the park. Most amusement parks call them ‘Tamu’ and their workers are called ‘Pemeran.’ Remember that.”
“Oh, really? That's a strange thing to know.”
Isuzu did not respond to his observation—he just ignored him once again.
Bus passes in front of Hotel Alamo and arrives at next stop, “Futomaru Barat.” He assumed that this was the name of the local residential area.
“We get to.” Isuzu.
He followed her down from the bus.
Their destination is approximately 80 meters from the bus stop, a leisurely climb, and as they approach the summit, the front gate of the theme park can be seen. Sidewalk's cracked. Gate's fading. Rusty sign reads “Welcome to the Land of Miracles, Amagi Brilliant Park!”
Although, there was no friendly reception, Seiya thought. It was more like the old ramen shop owner's parents said, “What is a visitor? Well, if you want, I'll make it. But, are you sure?” Honestly, the previous love hotel felt much more overwhelming.
He picked up a day pass that Isuzu had prepared for him, passed through the front gate and headed into the park. Behind the gate, he was greeted by a large plaza fountain.
“……”
The pool in the middle of the plaza fountain completely dried up. There was no water shooting up from there. In fact, there was no water at all, just a bunch of round statues covered in dirty brown moss.
From a distance behind the plaza looks a huge fortress—not a castle, a fortress. There is absolutely no magic of fairy tales in it. It felt more like an object built in the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades, a place smelling of death, filled by soldiers who were ready to give their lives to drive out heretical soldiers.
He realized that this place is rarely a visitor, even though it is Sunday. Seiya did not often come to the amusement park, but even so, he had never seen the front of this abandoned plaza. It looks like they didn't clean it properly.
“There is a lot of trash on the ground.” Seiya whispered softly when suddenly Isuzu turned around and spoke.
“Where will we go?”
That round caused her folded skirt to rustle. It would be quite an interesting sight if they were really here for a date, but—
“You brought me here,” the scolding. “You choose.”
In return, Isuzu placed his hand on his chin and thought. “...Then, let's go to the Witch's Hill.”
“Witch's Hill?”
“It is one of the five themed venues in AmaBuri. Fairytale kingdom full of wonders, home to the mascots of magical nature, Maple Land.”
“Your flat tone shows no magic there.” said Seiya.
“Follow me.” the order. He started walking north—di labeli with the name of the Witch Hill in the pamphlet.
“Haaaah..”
He's ice cold. How can this be called dating? “Be proud of yourself” was Seiya's initial plan, but even he started to realize the fact that Sento Isuzu did not have any taste for her.
Then why? He kept thinking, but still did not find the answer. It seemed like he had no other choice but to go around with her for a while.
Surrounding this dubious amusement park, as Isuzu has already described, the Witch's Hill has a kind of fairy tale theme: Almost everything in it comes from books, ranging from pastel-colored patterns to various attractions, launchers, and swivel comedies.
Isuzu's first stop is the thrilling ‘-launcher attraction.’
Seiya looked a little uncomfortable, and he looked at her with a doubtful look.
“You're not afraid, are you?” tanyakanya.
“Of course not,” cibir Seiya. “I just think that this looks like something an adult man shouldn't ride.”
“So. Anyway let's go up.”
With gloomy expressions, Seiya and Isuzu sat next to each other on the other empty launcher. Strange screams rang out and the train departed.
Its speed remained at a comfortable pace from start to finish. There was not much to see on the steep path, even the sharpest turn gave nothing but a slight swing. For a thrilling “launcher,” not much pounding to be found.
As they exited the launcher, Isuzu said: “Are you having fun?”
“No.”
“So,” he said. “Then, let's go on.” He quickly walked to a new destination.
Without saying anything, Seiya followed silently.
Their next stop was an attraction named “Adventure Flowers Tiramii.” A building the size of a school GOR, with plants in fairy tales printed on the walls. At the entrance is a statue of a mascot that looks a little like Pomerania: The buttons are round, and a round-fat body that stands about three heads tall. The design is quite cute, considering the whole. This mascot, he concluded, must be “Tiramii.”
The attraction itself is to ride a four-person car on the track, which will take you around the fairy tale park created by Tiramii. This one, also—“Merful.”
The worst part is that his car looks less attached to the track, which leads to frequent jostling. Anyway, it's more “thread” than any previous thrilling launcher. It also makes me nauseous.
Here and there, they are greeted by animatronic “flowers who speak,” but the drive assembly must have been damaged, because their movements seem restless. In addition, nothing has been added to its audio mixing process, so it is very difficult to know what the flowers are saying: they should probably say “Welcome to the Tirami Flower Adventure!” but what actually sounds much more disturbing “Mat... angdi... engan... enga.... mii!” More than anything, it gave the impression of an annoying screech from the deadly mandragora to Seiya's head.
“What do you think?” Isuzu asked again.
“Those years of my life seem to be taken.”
“So. Let's go on again.” This time, there was something that sounded half-hearted from Isuzu's reply.
“Wait,” says Seiya. “Are you going to continue like this all the time?”
“What's it like?”
“I mean..”.
Looking grim, he realized the hint. “I think the music theater will be fun. Look, over there.”
But “Macaron Music Theater,” whose sign shows a sheep-like mascot playing the violin, states “Today Close.”
“But it's Sunday,” he refuses to believe. “They take a leave?”
“...She goes when she is not in the mood,” Isuzu sighs. “Music Series, Macaron, playing pretty great—but unfortunately, he has the nature of an artist.”
“Ahh..”.
“Come.”
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